The Sun. — London, England, 1818-06-10 00:00:00

To the .GENTRY, CLERC;Y, arid FREEHOLDERS of the COUNTY of BEDFORD. riIEELING it impossible to resist the pressing Solicitations I have received from all parts of the County to our myself fur the distinguished Honour of representing you in Parliament, an I lonour which I had the happiness of unj,,yinc in Four successive Parliaments,' I take the liberty of itil•irtnsink you, to request the favour of your Support at the cn- ti, g Electioy. It would be superfluous - to trouble you with a profession of lily Political Principles; I will therefore only assure you, that. th,y temain unchanged; and that you will always find me a str;c!). Supporter of the Established Constitution and the rotestant Church. • shall lose no time in paying. my personal Respects to you, and 1 have the honour to remain, Gentlemcn, Your most obedient, bumble Servant, JOHN OSBORN. 'London, Jane 2,1918. THEATRICAL REGISTER. Performed Last Ns'Arld. THEATRE RnYAL, DIM RY-LANTE.—The Jew : Sheva, Mr. El liston ; Eliza Ratcliffe, Mrs. Glover. After which, The Liar, To which was added, The Devil to Pay. THEATRE ROYA 2., COVENT-GA RDENT..—She Stoops to Con quer: Tony Lumpkin,. Mr.. Liston ; Miss Hardcastle, Miss Brunton. After which, The Agreeable Surprise. The 110YIL ACADEMY To-morrow. • gy, 4 For PARLIAMENTARY PnocErniNos, and LAW INTELLI GENCC, see the Last Page. MAILS. ARRIVED-1 DIII/141, 1 Waterford, 1 Gottcnbnrgh. Dut —1 Waterford, 1 Lisbon, 1 Malta, 1 Hamburg!). riticE 01 TnIR PAY AT T a Tl ,. r Cent. Red. 'Bll4 SI per Cent. ....884 4 p e r Cents 967 3 97 Bank 5-16tlisf India 80nd5......90i. 925. pr. F STOCKS wr.t.vr. o'cLocK. 3 per Cent. 1751 79 Ex. Bills, 2d. 20s. 17s. 19s pr Ditto, 2 d........ 19s. 21s. pr. Onminni. pr. Culls. fur Acc0unt........ 79i !SIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning i 19'minutes after 7. I Evening, 44 minntes after 7. THE SUN. WOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1818. DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. Both Houses of Parliament met this day at twelve o'clock. In the House of Lords, the PCers'• Benches were graced by a number of Ladies, el6.' gaudy dressed, • who came to witness the ce remony. • • A Message was sent from .the House of Lords to the Commons, announcing their Lordihips' con ,:enirence in the Aliens' Naturalization Prevention - Bill, without amendment. • At two o'clock his Royal Highness the PRINCE RECENT' arrived at the House of Lords, and having entered with the usual state, and, seated himself on the Throne, Sir THOMAS TY RiVIIITT, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, was 'sent to command the attendance of the House of Commons. • Shot:ly afterwards, the SPEAKER, accompanied by a great number of Members, came to the Bar. The SPEAKER • delivered a Speech, as ustial at the• close .of .a Session, detailing the different transactions of the Session, with appropriate comments. The Royal Assent was given to the Alien Bill, the Aliens' Naturalization Prevention Bill, and several other Bills. The PRINCE REGENT then delivered Toe SPEECH from Ton Tit oN 13, of which the following is so correct a report, that except that it is here given in the third person, it may be considered as near ly exact. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS commenced his Speech by lamenting the necessity of again announcing that no alteration has taken place in His MAJESTY'S Indisposition. lie acquainted Parliament that be still receives from FOREIGN POWERS the strongest assurances of their friendly disposition, and their desire to miintain the general tranquillity. He notices the attention paid by Parliament to the many important Objects brought before them, and expresses particular satisfaction at the Mca- sure adopted in consequence of His Royal High- tresses recommendation for augmenting tl,e number of Places of Puncto %Vomit'' , belonging to the ESTABLISIIED CHURCH, and his confident Penance that that Meaiure will be productive of the most beneficial Effects on the RELIGION and MORAL HAL ITS of the People. The PErNcE REGENT then thanks the House of Commons for the Supplies granted for the sercice of 'the year, 00(1 expresses his approbation of the eps taken for the REDUCTION of the UNFUNDED ' I%EBT. mss , states Lis barriness at being able to inform tilem of tile continued Improvement of tile Rs- VENUE. Ilk Royal Highness then acquaints both Houses of his intention to give itnnietliate Di rections for DISSOLVING the Present, and calling a'NEW PIILIAMENT. Ile next takes . . occasion, from thus 'Communi cation, to advert to the important Change in the Situation of this Country, and of Europe, since he first met the Present Parliament. llis Royal highness then observes, that at that period the Dominion of the COMMON ENEMY was so widely extended over tl►e Continent, that Re- sistance to- his- Power was deemed hopeless by many, and only in the Extremities of Europe was it effectually, maintained. IliS Royal highness proceeds to state, that it was by the UNPARALLELED EXERTIONS . WIIICh PARLIAMENT enabled him to make in aid of Na- tiotis . nobly struggling for INDEPENDENCE, and by the Spirit it kindled in so many Countries, that EUTope was delivered from the most op pressivCnittALDom, and that His 8.. H. had the happiness, by the Biss:og of .Divine Providence, to terminate, in conjunction with our Allies, the most eventful and sanguinary Conflict, in which `the Continent had for Centniies been engaged, with UNEXAMPLED GLORY and SUCCESS. His Royal Highness remarks, that the Prose cution of so long a Contest, and more especially the efforts which have marked its close, have been followed within our own. Country, , ,l9,,well asi througiout- the -1.6 f of Europe, by considerable ,•- • - Intel nal Distress. But deeply as lie felt for the Pressure on the . People, Royal Highness nevertheless looked forward without . dismay, having the FULLEST CONFIDENCE in the SOLI- DITY or OUR RESOURCES, and in the Relief.whicli might be expected from the Continuance of PEACE, and from the PATIENCE, PUBLIC. SPIRIT, and ENERGY of THE NATION, expectations wbicli bare not been disappointed. His Royal Highness then observes, that the Improvement in the internal State of theConntry is happily manifest, and promises to be steadily pro- gressive, and expresses his assurance, that the unabated Loyalty and Exertions of all Classes of the People will confirm those growing Proofs of NATIONAL PROSPERITY, by promoting OBE- DIENCE TO THE LAWS, and ATTACHMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION, from whence all our Blessings have been derived. . The LORD CHANCELLOR then .said, " My Lords and Gentlemen, it is the will and pleasure of His Royal Highness:the PRINCE OLWALES ' Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His MA JESTY, that this Parliament be forthwith Dis- solved, and this Parliament is Dissolved accord- iogly." The PRINCE REGENT quitted the House with the same state as on .his entrance; the Com mons withdrew from the Bar, and the Lords retired from the House. The above Speech may be considered as one of the most satisfactory that ever was delivered from the Throne. It conies forth at a time when Europe enjoys PERFECT TRANQUILLITY, chiefly owing to the exertions of this Country, and solely by the example of firmness and perseverance which it held forth to others, by %% hie!) the Continent was rescued from a slavish submissi,9ll to the most ambitious and despotic ofTyrri l nis.-- We conceive, therefore, that a .Specchiso pregnant with truth, and so modestly : "titaied, will be read with universal pleasure: We received this morning the Paris Papers of Sunday last,TheDuke of `WELLINGTON had an audietCce of the King on Saturday, and was ex pected to dine with his Majesty on Sunday. One :of the Journals states, that Madame CAUCHOIS LEMAIRE, who has been detained for three months in the Prison des Madelonettes on the charge of being implicated in the attempt upon the life of the Duke of WELLINGTON, has been set at liberty. It is singular that no mention whatever has been before made in the Paris Papers of this Lady being detained upon such a charge, and that the first announcement should be her being set at liberty after three months' confinement. From Frankfort it is stat ed, that the baggage of the Hereditary rl incess of HEssa HOMBURG , arrived there on the Ist instant. Great preparations ‘vere making at Homburg for the reception of the august couple. An article from Hanover mentions, that the Palace of Furstenhof, in that city, is preparing for the reception of the Duke and intended Duchess of CLARENCE. FIVE TS. Saturday, 72 t. 50 c. DEFERRED STOCK. Saturday .84f. 40c. Though we conceive that we have sufficiently expressed our opinions respecting the necessity of an ALIEN ACT, in the present situation of this Country and of Europe, yet as there is a degree of pertinacity on the part of Opposition, that rather seems to indicate a wilful blindness, we are tempted to renew the subject. That Lord GREY, Lord POLLARD, and others, who have not pro fessionally directed their attention towards the study of Law, should have delivered weak or er roneous opinions on the subject is by no. means surprising, and was naturally to be expected ; but that Sir ./AISIES . SiiiCKINTOSH, whose knowledge and whose talents are of a very different descrip tion, should have fallen under similar mistakes is, indeed, a matter of wonder. The Honourable- Gentleman was very severe on Ministers for hav ing been ignorant of the clause in the Scotch Law, which is of so dangerous a tendency as to open the doors of thiS country to Aliens of every kind who were able to purchase Stock, to a par ticular amount,. in the Bank of Scotland ; but surely the charge and discredit of ignorance on this point applies with Much greater force to himself. He is a native Of Scotland, and a Lawyer by profession, and he _therefore . ought to have known more of the Laws of his own T?!ptry t ,,, ,thij-Alis,ngqfpus : clause it was his busineS • as a politician, and . his duty as a patriot, to communicate his knowledge, and to have endeavoured to effect the abolition of so mischievous a...privilege. If he-(lid not know of it .what right has he to reproach Ministers, who are not professional, men, with ignorance, when lre ‘ ,waseqoally;ignorant of what he ought to have known. He has here placed himself in a itilematal.from which it.will require. all his acute ness to enable him to escape. But the Honour able Gentleman was also very severe on the Bill, while it wac proposed to have a retro-active effect. For our : part we do not consider that quality as any reasonable ground of objection, but rather as a recommendation. Sqlus 7) . opuli suprema est lex is an Old'and revered maxim. The inconvenience of.individu'als is nothing compared with the wet. , fare of the State, and if offensive and dangerous characters had contrived, through the medium of the clause in question, to become denizens of the British Empire, would it not be wise and proper to get rid of them as soon as possible ) It is said, that an Aid-de-Camp of BUONAPARTE has been naturalized by means of that clause. Would it be unjust or illiberal in the Legislature it they refused to tolerate the continuance of such a man in this country, particularly as there might be others less conspicuous but not the less dangerous ? We are of .opinion that the Bill should have been re troipeCtive, because we are persuaded, that Government would have made due enquiry and proper distinctions. Ministers, knowing that Opposition are perpetually on the watch to detect and expose their errors, if they were not actuated by higher motives, would never have driven away foreigners of an inoffensive character, who sought protection under the Bri tish Government, and were not inclined to abuse its toleration. Upon this principle we conceive that the Bill ought to be retrospective, and as it is not to be so, we trust that Government will keep a vigilant eye upon those who have taken advantage of a clause•which was so strangely overlooked by the Politicians of this country at the time when the Law was. enacted.. SING made - aNeryproper distinction on this sub jeer; - which, we conceive, is not unfavourable to our view of the question, as to the policy of ren dering the Alien Bill retro-active. That Gentle man justly observed, in contradiction' to what was said by Mr. Bitouon Am, that the Amendment of the Lords was not thrown out because it was re trospective, as Mr. BROUGHAM supposed, but be cause it trenched upon the privileges of the House of Commons. What Mr. CANNING farther said, though rather by implication than avowal, when he declared his reluctance to revive the debate, induces us to believe that he would not have ob jected to the Bill on the ground of retro-action, and if we are right in this conjecture, we shall siew him with increased respect as a shrewd politician and profound Statesman.— We repeat our hope, that as the Bill is not to be retro-active, our Hiders will sedulously enquire into the characters, and vigilantly watch the con duct of those Foreigners who, under cover of a most impolitic clause, have acquired the power of disseminating doctrines calculated to under mine our glorious Constitution, and to involve us in all the horrors of revolutionary anarchy, p g. PRIVATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPON DEI4'-' (Not from our Regular Correspondent.) P J 4. If I had ‘nt you lett° .‘ ARTS, UNE .. mid not se_ to-day I might be forekr ,... ), for the faithkilitri', lish, when abroad, forget not even ,theitlYl; WO their rr dskp ome t and araingliVe.dc n t t," Way to feitivity . hoiliadr of our beloved snag' Monarch in the English style, that is , With 91 good an English dinner as the. French cooks ta e prepare ; and, as usual, there is no doubt_ b ut _ f shall retire home like the true native breed, full • Wine. Eilo You have not yet noticed Madame de ST~' a work, at which I am a little surprised : it Is et very singular production, full of brilliant im ag and happy conceptions ; it is, to use a f relic g familiar expression, her bouquet; it is a w°l, written evidently to captivate general approbsti°:; her views are luminous, and her sketch °f i re causes which led to the French Revolution 90 very interesting ; but her enemies reproach lior• with being frequently inexact in the re l4(l° i o facts, and of not being consistent with herself of many parrs: •But those persons forget, or 110n rii, chose to reraeMberoltat it is a posthumous °l to lett in an imperfect state; arid although the C'd t° the Duke de BROGLIE and the Baron de s°ll-' '. 11, 1 state that the fi rst part (in whickthe erro rs was quite prepared for the press,'ii is, to ° • - like o served also, that Madame de STAEL, f or t he others, reservedher.princirat:correetions ke first proofs : and- though she 'Might not d ° of , Lord LYTTLBTON, who paid 100(k for ths -c rections of his HENRY 11., yet we'ari ;Ofc/fillitr that the 'COrreO . t,ions of the proof sheets works cost more than the first composi ti ° ll :fot hence it would be unfair to blame her sev ere ly not being.,exaet..in the. detail, of a' few • ,-;;r105- stances, which a - reference to anitiltorten ratios would have enabled her to.correcto/ j io not disposed to enter 'into a critical revia - f work ptiblished under such -circumstanae ); though 1- frequently differ from her,in 00 °11 : if for instance , when she ''praises the C 6 ' lll- d i s t BLACAS, the Minister who prepared in a 5} 4 0 . 11 1 manner the fatal event of the 20th blai ch ' A s od who recently would have bound France bli tiu tio t foot by a detestable Concordat, yet her co ns t o admiration of the English Constitution, her ":: 09t attempt to place the English character i n a pay advantageous point of view in the eyell °( _ ,g l . ' 0 0 lion highly irritated against us, her et4 9 if p , the conduet and character of the Duke ° i 9 LINGTON, and her marked detestation - °I dos tyranny of BUONAPARTE, must claim fo r her unqualified gratitude of every Englislai ls° lo o tacked to the Constitution of his CountrY' t ht word, many works have been written ° P French Revolution, but that of Madame dea l ABr S :dief P n throws them all into the back ground, 9 i - 0 10, may say in the florid language of the ers , what charm can there be for Soltan,h wen appears but being bidden. ded ((if I°' The Journal General has been suspen, rride setting, in the number of Monday last, all " er f• concerning M. DUNOYER, and another Onciiiod jog a pamphlet called " The Exiles, by w ° It is lucky for both that Toe i 064 printed in England, for the Police " ° 17e suffer one in a hundred of my articles to es°11:00 It may be my want of discernment, hot 1 read the two articles, and 1 cannot discave' e thing at all meriting such severity, as ?d; contains a simple detail of facts respeeti" DUNOYER, of no real importance whatever' fe the latter simply says the pamphlet i 9 verY bor' rnarkahle for the political principles of the 3111virit his opinion, the subject he treats, and the in which it is written. The Company's ship Carmarthen Wive" o`' ester' mouth Sound the Bth instant, and, after Ptjister' fresh strpplies, was to sail for the Downs an‘l day ;—she left Tellicherry the 4th Jan uary' St. Helena the 22d • ns itle rl4 CORN-EXCHANGE, JUNE 10.—We have bad C ° " 00 011 Supply of Wheat since Monday, the prices of ' dricb r ice, t the same as on that day; Fine Barley suppo rts itsP,rt ttic inferior is nearly unsaleable; real Fine o'o s snlf( prices ; in Pease and Beans there is no alteration' , yer ------n0.m..-- TIIE QUEEN—The Recount of herrviios,ti eT4 terday . was—" The QUEEN had but on in( :: ".err Ile 111glit, but was much better yesterdaY• 00 Dukes of YORK, CLARENCE, 3 1141 '4 l -Y 55 / 1 1 ' : ,.:0 55 ' die Duchess of GLOUCESTER, visited Ol e ". 1 ill° PRINCE Yesterday morning, shout 10 t' 'ci ll ore9. REGENT left town for Ascot-tle3lb,i oe,11; His Royal Highness was atter, 1, ecpe cte- t °- certain the Duke and Duchess7:llCAml"l,l ° Ch;irsla,teslteD cottager ( ct i akye in , ,‘ his v i suite, - p a a n:l k a . nnnte r 0 " s r IV 1 clo r Duke and Duchess of CAMBRIDGE left ff i 14 / 3 6 : morning, about ten o'C'° 1 P v vi. $ c A s s Ascot-heath zL (li (i Races. not accompany them, previously engaged to an entertainrneot ciao' Baron ,D l'he Lindgrayeba-vin.f;ll:eii:\ FAGEL, lilt ArllbilSetidOT frOlll 11l 1 the Th N e ° (. l ;l la d n' D ls Uke 7 1.11mkEL w ent Yesteitilli Ascot Races. ,‘ • S~ I) ,~I ~! / /A tet